Machine for cutting stock for the ornamentation thereof.



PATBNTED FEB. 2l, 1905.

G. KNIGHT. MACHINE FCR CUTTING STOCK FOR THE CRNAMBNTATION THEREOI'.

APPLICATION FILED APB. 26, 1904.

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PATENTED FEB. 21, 1905.

G. KNIGHT. MACHINE POR CUTTING STOCK FOR THE CRNAMENTATION THEREOF.

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APPLICATION FILED APR. 26, 1904.

PATENTED FEB. 21, 1905.

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APPLIGATION HLED APR. ze, 1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented February 21, v1905.

GEORGE KNIGHT, OF BROGKTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

MACHINE FOR CUTTING STCK FOR THE ORNAMENTATION THEREOF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,403, dated February 21, 1905. Application filed April 26, 1904:. Serial No. 205,019.

To all 'u1/1,0m it nfl/ay concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE KNIGHT, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and State of lvlassachusettsdiave invented an Improvement in Machines for Cutting Stock for the Ornamentation Thereof, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying' drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object the production of a novel machine for cutting stock for the ornamentation thereof.

ln accordance with my invention the stock to be ornamented either by punching therethrough holes at any point or scalloping or pinking the edge in desired form is applied to the machine, and the punches and pinkingcutters employed for ornamenting the stock after passing' through the stock contact with a non-fibrous background or backing-strip, shown as comprising astrip of paper led from a suitable roll, the machine having means whereby the strip is moved intermittingly, so that at each operation of the punches or pinking-cutter a fresh portion of the strip may be brought into position for use. The stock to be shaped for ornamental purposes is sustained by its edge standing on a'movable gage, and the .side of the stock is laid next a stripper having opening's through which the hollow punches are made to pass in entering the stock. As herein shown, the strip is acted upon at proper times by a movable carriage or plunger that forces the strip against the stock, forcing' the latter against the stripper, the hollow punches thereafter entering the stock and contacting with the strip, the cutting edges of the hollow punches punching holes through the stock. The stripper is connected with or forms part of a punch-plate adjustably sustained on a punch-plate holder that may be readily withdrawn from the frame of the machine. The gage for sustaining the edge of the stock is made movable with the carriage.

Figure 1 is a right-hand side elevation of a machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a section below the line Fig. 1. a section looking to the right from the line w',

Fig. 3 is Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is a right-hand side elevation of the machine shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 shows the plate-holder and its attached parts removed from the machine; Fig. 6, a top or plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 6L is a detail showing part of the hub of pulley M and the collar carrying the dog and part of lever M4. Fig. 7 is a right-hand end elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 5. 8 is adetail to be' referred to. Fig. 9 is a plan viewof the machine shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 10shows a piece of stock ornamented as it may be by the use of the machine herein illustrated. Fig. 11 is a section on the line w3, Fig. 9; and Fig'. 12 is an enlarged detail showing the stock as being forced onto the punches, the latter con- I tacting with the background.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the framework of the machine, it being of suitable yshape to sustain the working parts to be described. The upper edge of the framework sustains a cover-plate A', on which is erected standards A2, that receive the journal of a roll A3, on which is wound a strip, preferably of paper, forming what I have herein chosen to designate as a background or backingstrip Af. The free end of this strip, of whatever material, is led over a cutter-plate B,

preferably of hardened steel, connected by screws B with a carriage B2, the edges of which enter a suitable guideway, one portion of the guideway presenting' overlapping gibs B3, held by screws Bix. The carriage B2 has a stud B5, that is embraced by the head O of an eccentric-strap comprising, in connection with said head, a rod C and strap parts C2G. The strap parts are clamped by suitable screws C4 on an eccentric O5, secured to a holldw shaft C, to be described, said shaft in its rotations reciprocating the carriage. The free end of the strip after having been drawn across the cutter-plate is entered between suitable feedrolls D D. The roll D' is what may be considered the sustaining-roll of the pair of feed-rolls, its journal being free to turn in suitable arms D2, pivoted at lrand acted upon by springs r, so that the roll D' may be held firmly but with a yielding pressure against the roller D or the strip therebetween. Both these rolls may be scored or fluted in the di- TCO ' roll D.

rection of their length, as represented by the The roll D has its journals in suitable bearings of the framework, and the jour'- nal is surrounded at one end by a pawl-carrier a, having a screw-stud a', upon which is mounted a spring-controlled pawl a2, said spring causing said pawl to be borne always toward the teeth of the roller D. The pawlcarrier has a pin a3, that is embraced by the forked end of a feed-lever a4, pivoted at a5 and having, as shown, at its opposite end a roller or other stud a, that is acted upon by a cam 2 (see Figs. 9 and 11) at each rotation of the shaft D3. The roller a is kept normally pressed toward its actuating-cam 2 by a spring 3, and to prevent any backward movement of the feed-rollers I have employed a detent which is vacted upon by a spring 4.

The shaft or journal of the roller A3 has fast on one end a hub A, that is embraced by a friction-strap A, preferably of steel or other metal, that is clamped about the hub by means of a clamp-screw A7. Preferablyl interpose between the strap and the hub a piece of leather or other friction material A8. The strap A has connected with one end a spring A1", that yields as the roller containing the background is turned in the direction Fig. 1, said spring, acting through the strap and tension means comprising the hub, taking up and preventing the formation of slack in the background.

The feed-stroke of the lever a4 must be varied to economize the paper of the background, as it will be understood that the formation of some patterns by the punches will injure more or less of the background, and therefore to vary the feed-stroke to the work to be done I have provided a feed-adjusting rod al", (see Fig. 11,) that may be rotated to place its lower end in such relation to the short arm of the lever a? as to stop the same on its approach to the cam 2, so that more or less of the throw of the cam may be made effective in turning thelever and feeding the background.

The framework at its front end is provided with a space for the reception of a movable plate-holder Z1. (Shown in section in Figs. 1 1 and 12 and detached in Figs. 5 to 7.) The Vshape of the plate-holder in cross-section is best represented in Figs. 11 and 12. The holderehas a shoulder b2 near its lower end that is sustained by adjustable stops b3,shown as screws extended through a plate b4, represented as connected with the framework by screws b5. Depending below the shoulder b2 the holder Z2' has an ear from lthe under side of which depends an arm 7), shown as having apocket for the reception of a spring 57, which acts against the lower arm b of a gage pivoted at L to a stand Z210, adjustably connected by a screw 612 with the depending portion of the bed, the upper end of said gage having a series of arms 613, which are turned over to constitute a series of supports In to receive and sustain the lower edge of the stock .sl to be ornamented, said stock being supposed, as represente-d in Fig. 10, to be of a shape for use as a toe-cap. It will, however, be understood that the invention herein to be described is not to be limited for punching and ornamenting leather only, as instead of leather it may be used to punch and ornament any other stock, and the stock may be used in any part of a shoe or for any other purpose where stock havingholes punched therein or punched and scalloped is desired. Fig. 11 shows the Isupports of the gagein position to sustain the stock, and Fig. 12 shows the same as moved from under the stock.

The upper edge of the holder L is provided with a groove (see Figs. 9, 11 and 12,) that receives a wedge-shaped slide-bar 6, (see dotted lines,) having a projection 7 at one end. The wedged-shaped slide-bar sustains avpin 9, extended backwardly from a punch-plate 10, and by moving said slide-bar longitudinally the punch-plate may be positioned vertically on the holder with relation to the supports t of the gage, so that the holes may be punched at the desired distance from the lower edge of the stock. The punch-plate has (see Fig. 5) a series of hollow punches 13, (see Figs. 11 and 12,) having sharp edges, and the punching passing' through said punches are discharged into the space 14, from which they drop to the floor. The punch-plate may and preferably will have other or auxiliary punches represented by 15 in Fig. 5, the combination of these punches and variations in their shape enabling the ornamentation of the stock to be varied-as, for instance, the punches 13 may punch holesl?) and punches 15 holes 15X, and there may be more or less of these holes according to the number of punches, and by putting the punches in different relation one to the other the character of the ornamentation may be variously changed. I have provided means for locking the slide-bar in any adjusted position, the means being a pin 16, located in a hole 17 of the holder. said pin having a tapered end which is acted upon by the tapered end of an adjusting-screw 18, the turning of the adjusting-screw 18 to enter the hole 17 causing the pin to be moved longitudinally and lock the slide-bar in its desired position. The inner ends of the hollow punches are made to enter holes in the punch-plate 10, the rear ends of said punches abutting part of a steel plate e, applied to the back of said punch-plate. To the front or left-hand face of the punch-plate I have connected by screws e astripper-plate e2, it having a series of holes to surround the punches during the punching operation. This stripper-plate shields the punches when the stock is being inserted to be ornamented and also strips the punched stock olifl from the punches when the stripper-plate is allowed to assume its normal position after, the punches IOL) IIO

have entered the stock. Ihave shown a series of spiral springs tw interposed between the punch-plate and stripper, said springs aiding in moving the stripper.

Fig. l1 shows the carriage and the rest B in their retracted position and with the stock resting on the supports t, Now as the carriage is moved to the right in the direction of the arrow thereon, Fig. 1l, the background of paper is moved forwardly and pushed against the rear side of the stock s, causing the stock to be forced against the stripper-plate, the stripper-plate yielding so that its holes pass over the punches for a distance suiicient to permit the ends of the punches against which the stock is forced to penetrate the stock and contact with the background. After each operation of this kind the feed-rolls will be moved to bring opposite the punches a portion of the background other than that which received the impact of the stock where the same was acted upon by the punches. As the carriage and rest are retracted the stripper is moved outwardly into the position Fig. 1l and strips the stock from the punches, and this done a g'age-mover f, shown as a rod having an adjustable finger f', is moved forwardly from the position Fig. 11 by the action of a cam f2, carried by shaft D3 on a roller or other stud f'L of a lever f5, pivoted at f l, said lever being connected at its lower end with said rod by a stud-screw f7. -Aspring f, connected with said lever and with a stud f of the frame, normally moves the rod f backwardly or to the left viewing Fig. l1. As the rod f is moved to the right the inger f meets the lower end 68 of the gage and turns the latter so that any waste of stock may drop out of the machine. This waste is in the form of a strip and is formed of the material cut off from the lower end of the stock by a pinking-cutter g, shown as a blade having a cutting edge, which may, if desired, be scalloped or be made of any desired shape customarily used in scalloping or so-called pinking. Figs. 11 and 12 show said blade in section, and it is represented as clamped in working position between shoulders t of the punch-plate holder, and a movable-jaw 2, held in its operative position by suitable screws t3 1 inserted in threaded holes in a flange i of said holder.

. The shaft C, represented ashollow, turns in two inwardly-extended hubs N, and through this shaft is extended a drive-shaft H,on which is fastened a pinion H, that engages a gear H2, loose on the shaft D3, said gear having a series of teeth H3, thatare engaged when it is desired to start the shaft D3 and rotate the same once by a slide-tooth a2, contained in a hub H5 and adapted to be projected therefrom to be engaged by the teeth of said gear whenever a spring-pressed lever H, pivoted at H7 and normally kept elevated by. a spring H8 and adapted to be lowered through arod H, connected by a treadle, is depressed against the spring HS. The shaft H has keyed upon it a fast pulley M, having a series of teeth M, (see Fig. 6st,) that may be engaged by a sliding' dog or key M2, carried by a collar M3, secured to the hollow shaft C, said dog being acted upon by a spring m', this dog M2 when projected from the hub by its spring being engaged by one or the other of the series of teeth M at the inner side of the hub of the pulley M. The'pulley is rotated continuously and rotates the shaft H, fixed with relation thereto by studs h2o in the head It entering holes in the hub of the pulley, thus keying the pulley to said shaft; but the hollow shaft C and the shaft D3 are rotated intermittingly and at different speeds. Fiach shaft C and D3 rotates once and stops. When the lever H is depressed, the continuously-moving gear H becomes engaged with and starts the shaft D:i in advance of the hollow shaft C, and having made a quarter-turn the earn-groove fm," of thel disk M, acting on a stud of a lever M4, pivoted at one end on a stud M13, held in the frame, is moved to withdraw an arm m of said lever from a -notch in the dog M2, thus releasing said dog that the latter may come into engagement with the rotating pulley M and start the hollow shaft at a-faster speed, so that said hollow shaft completes a revolution by the time the shaft D3 has completed three-quarters of a revolution. During the last quarter-revolution of the shaft D3 the feed-rolls are turned to move the background, and just before the rotation of shaft D3 is stopped the rod f is moved to turn the gage into positionl to receive the next piece of work to be put into place to be acted upon. Y Figs. 11 and 1Q show the spring 57 in the position it will occupy when the pinking-cutter is employed; but in case the pinking-cutter is omitted then I may remove the spring 57 and put the same into a hole 0, (shown by dotted lines in Figs 5 and 12,) said spring in such position acting normally to keep thc upper end of the gage pressed against the background or the rest sustaining it, the employment of the spring L7 in the position shown in Fig. 1Q and the projection f' to push the lower end of the gage in opposition to said spring being required only when the pinkingcutter is used, it being understood that the cuttings removed by the pinking-cutter must pass between the upper end of the gage bx and the background in the space shown in Fig. l2.

The background prevents the rapid dulling of the cutters coacting with the cutter-plate B and also enables the punches and blade to make a cleaner cut than though the punches and blade contacted directly with the cutterplate after passing through the stock.

It will be noted that the stock to be punched is supported by its edge on the gage instead of being laid on a horizontal bed, as usual.

The smaller part of the hub M:i maybe sur-l rounded by a brake-band P (see Figs. 4 and 9) to stop the rotation of shaft C when released from the pulley M.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure b v Letters Patent, 1s-

l. In a machine of the class described, a detachable holder having a connected gage, a punch-plate removably supported by said holder and having a plurality of punches, a pinking-eutter also-removably supported by said holder, and means. to cause the punches to penetrate the stock, the removability of the punch-plate and pinking-eutter permitting any one of a series of different plates and cutters to be used, according to the design desired for a shoe-tip.

2. In a machine of the class described, a punch-plate having a series of punches, a stripper yieldingly supported by said punchplate and an independent yielding gage located below the edge of the punch-plate and stripper to support the edge of the stock to be punched, a cutting-plate, and actuating means to cause the punches to penetrate the stock.

3. In a machine of the class described, a plate-holder, a connected punch-plate having a series of hollow punches, a yielding' laterally-movable gage sustained by said holder for the edge of the work being' punched, and means to adjust the relative positions of the punch-plate and gage to determine the distance of the row of holes from the edge of the material.

4. In a machine of the class described, a

gage, a plateholder,'a punch-plate having a sustain the inner ends of said hollow punches.

6. In a machine of the class described, a series of hollow punches, means lto sustain a backing-strip, means independent of said punches to feed said strip, and means to cause the punches to penetrate the stock backed up by said strip.

7. In a machine of the class described, a series of hollow punches, a rest to sustain a backing-strip, means independent of the punches to feed said backing-strip, and means to change the relative positions of said rest and punches, that the latter may penetrate the stock resting against said backing-strip.

8. In a machine of the class described, a series of hollow punches, a cutter-plate to sustain a backing-strip, and means to change the relative positions of said plate and punches, that the latter may penetrate the stock resting against said backing-strip, and means independent of the punches to feed the strip after each punching operation.

9. In a machine of the class described, a series of hollow punches, a stripper-plate, means independent of said punches to feed a backing-strip and cause the same to contact intermittingly with one side of the stock and cause the opposite side thereof to act against the stripper-plate, the punches thereafter entering the stock opposite where the stock contacts with said strip.

lO. In a machine of the class described, a series of hollow punches, a gage to position the stock, means independent of said punches to feed a backing-strip, the latter supporting one side of the stock while the punches enter the opposite side of the stock.

11. In a machine of the class described, a series of hollow punches, a gage to position the stock, means to sustain a backing-strip, the latter supporting one side of the stock while the punches enter the opposite side of the stock, and means independent of the punches to feed said strip.

12. A carriage having' a cutterplate, a punch-plate having' a series of hollow punches, a backing-strip crossing said plate, means to feed said strip intermittingly over said plate while the punches occupy their inoperative positions, and means to change the 'relative positions of said carriage and punches that the latter may cut through the stock into the backing-strip, thereby insuring a clean cut of the stock.

13. In a machine of the class described, a punch-plate having a series of detachable hollow punches, and a stripper-plate having one edge fixed near one edge of said plate, the opposite edge of the stripper standing normally at a short distance beyond the outer ends of said punches, yielding under the action of forcing the stock against said stripperplate while the punches penetrate the stock.

14. In a machine of the class described, a gage to sustain the edge of the stock to be pinked, a pinking-cutter, and means to move said gage automatically after each operation of the pinking-cutter to effect the discharge of the cutting.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing. witnesses.

GEO. W. GREGoRY, EDITH M. SToDpARD.

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